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A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Strength
People
Giving
Nation
Our
Air
Our People
Destroys
Purifying
Fresh
Itself
Forests
Land
Lungs
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.
Brennan Manning
Life
God
Spiritual
Gratitude
Trust
Suffering
Experience
Path
Intimacy
Characteristic
Gifts
Purifying
Spiritual Life
Only
Because
Been
Dominant
Authentic
Often
Shortest
Receive
Flows
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
Aeschylus
Silence
Proper
Purifying
Rites
Misery
Know
Schooled
Where
Many
Speech
The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them.
Garrett Hardin
Man
Before
Releasing
Finds
Cost
Purifying
Rational
Share
He
His
Than
Commons
Them
Less
Wastes
But with the Industrial Revolution and introduction of various industrial techniques for purifying sugar, we have a situation in which what we are consuming is not good nutritionally or ecologically.
Marvin Harris
Good
Revolution
Situation
Sugar
Introduction
Purifying
Various
Consuming
Industrial
Industrial Revolution
Which
Techniques
I love to work out under a clear sky with lots of fresh air purifying my lungs.
Nushrat Bharucha
Work
Love
Sky
Air
Out
Purifying
Clear
Fresh
Fresh Air
Lots
Work Out
Lungs
I recently discovered the work of Giorgio Manganelli, who wrote a collection called 'Centuria,' which contains 100 stories, each of them about a page long. They're somewhat surreal and extremely dense, at once fierce and purifying, the equivalent of a shot of grappa. I find it helpful to read one before sitting down to write.
Jhumpa Lahiri
Work
Long
Before
Down
Once
Extremely
Collection
Find
About
Purifying
Somewhat
Write
Contains
Wrote
Read
Equivalent
Discovered
Surreal
Dense
Sitting
Stories
Which
Fierce
Them
Shot
Page
Who
Helpful
Each
Recently
In the early Seventies, the technology for purifying a specific eukaryotic mRNA was just becoming available.
Susumu Tonegawa
Technology
Seventies
Purifying
Becoming
Just
Available
Specific
Early